Corset attachment.



PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904.

D. KOPS.

CORSET ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

DANIEL KOPS, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

CORSET ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No, '766,704I dated August2, 1904.

l Application filed July l, 1903. Serial No. 163,834. (No model.)

To /LZZ who/nf it 71u01/ concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL Kors, a citizen of the United States,residing at the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of .N ewYork, have invented an Improvement in Oorset Attachments, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a device either attached to or adapted to beattached to a corset and to which hose-supporters for womens wear maybeconnected. The object attained by the device of my invention whensecured to the lower front portion of the corset is to keep the parts ofthe corset distended or under tension and prevent a drawing tog'ether orbuckling of said parts under the strain exerted by the hose-supporter.

In my improvement I provide a strip of stifi'ened fabric with convergingoverlying straps extending from the ends of such strip with the parts ofsuch straps passing in opposite directions through the mortises of aslideplate. This slide-plate preferably hasa mortise for attachmentthereto of a fabric section to which a hose-supporter may be connected,or said hose-supporter may be connected directly to the slide-plate.Duplicate parts so constructed occupy positions at the lower frontportions of the corset upon each side of the center secured to thecorset upon the under surface. The stiffened fabric strip is preferablyvprovided with bones longitudinally placed and is secured to a frontsteel and other steels by rivets or eyelets.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the lower front and centralportion of a corset, illustrating my improvement. Fig. 2 is an elevationof the inner surface at the lower front portion at one side, and Fig. 3is a crosssection at f1: 1f of Fig. l.

The device comprising my invention is especially adapted to be appliedto the under surface of the corset and to be at its respective endsconnected thereto, one point of connection being the front steel and theother and distant point of connection being' a steel in the frontportion of the corset distant from the front steel about three inches,and as the devices are alike it will serve the purpose of thedescription to describe only one structure in which the fabric strip ispreferably composed of an outer fabric part a and an inner fabricpart a.Between these are bone stiffeners These fabric strips are to beconnected by outside edge lines of sewing and a central or intermediateline of sewing, which lines of sewingsubstantially form bone-pockets insaid strips of fabric.

The fabric strip, composed of the parts (L a', is preferably overturnedat the respective ends and the converging overlying straps (Z c are attheir ends connected to the ends of said fabric strip ati. These straps(Z c pass through mortises 2 3 ofthe slide-plate f, and this slideplateis provided with a third Inortise 5 at the lower edge thereof, and tothis slide-plate fat said mortise 5 a fabric section /L may be securedwhich serves for the attachment thereto of the hose-supporters, or, ifpreferred, the elastic strip of the hose-supporters may be directlyconnected to said slide-plate f by passing the end of the same throughthe mortise 5, bending the same over, and sewing the end to the adjacentportion.

The structure just described in its entirety is advantageously securedto the lower front portion of the corset, as hereinbefore intimated, bythe rivets c in the manufacture of the corset. Itis, however,apparentthat these articles may be sold independent of the corset andmay be secured to corsets already in use by the wearers either byrivets, eyelets, or even by sewing', for the performance of thefunctions of the structure.

The parts a c' comprising the fabric strip are connected together by thecentral and outer lines of sewing 6 T 8, which at the same time formwithin and between said parts pockets for the bone stiffeners b, andwhen this stiffened fabric strip is secured to the lower front portionof the corset, preferably upon thc inner surface, it is advantageous notonly to connect the same by the end rivets c, but also by lines ofsewing which correspond to the lines 6 7 8, because where the device ismade for attachment to a corset it is complete in itself except the factof the attaching devices, and where it is originally made and secured tothe corset these lines of sewing 6, 7, and 8 may be employed not onlyfor connecting the parts a a t0- IOO gether and forming the pockets forthe bone stiffeners, but also for connecting said fabric parts to thebody of the corset at the same time.

In the operation of the device and when the hose-supporters are eitherconnected to the fabric sections it or directly to the slide-plates fthese slide-plates will move in relation to the overlying straps l e forthe accommodation of the line of draft, so that the same is direct fromthe corset. This line of draft may even change with the position of thewearer or the movement in walking, and in any event the slide-plates bytheir shifting function will accommodate the line of draft. A furtherfunction performed by the structure and by 'the tension applied by thehose-supporters is to draw and hold down the corset to the figure of thewearer at the lower front portion, the drawing strain being applieddirectly to the corset-body (rather than to some flexible appendagethereof) and at firm connections with the lower ends of the main frontand other steels, which compels the lower portion and edge of the corsetto bend against the body, not only causing the same to t snugly, but tohold in the abdomen and assist the figure of the wearer.

I do not herein limit myself to the device by which the structure isconnected to the corset nor to originally connecting said structure to acorset, as it is apparent that the structures may be sold separate fromthe corset for attachment by the wearer. I further do not limit myselfto the character of the stiifening devices employed between the parts aa of the fabric strip, as these may be varied without departing from theinvention.

From the illustration and the foregoing description it will be apparentwhen the structure is connected to the lower front portion of the corsetthat the same has the eect of keeping this portion of the corset in adistended condition and of holding the same in such condition regardlessof the tension of the hose-supporters, so that a smooth even surface isalways maintained at this part of 'the corset.

I claim as my inventionl. As a corset attachment, a fabric stripcomprising two overlying parts, bone stiffeners between said parts,means for permanently connecting said parts together with the bones se.-cured between the same, converging overlying straps connected at theirrespective ends to the ends of said stiffened fabric strip, and a-slide-plate having mortises through which the parts of said overlyingstraps pass and upon which straps said slide-plate is movable.

2. As a corset attachment, a fabric strip comprising two overlyingparts, bone stiffeners between said parts, lines of sewing at therespective edges of the strip outside of the bone stiffeners, and anintermediate or central line of sewing between the bone stiifenersconnecting the parts together and inclosing the bones,

converging overlying straps connected at their respective ends to theends of said stiffened fabric strip, and a slide-plate having mortisesthrough which the said overlying straps pass and uponv which strap saidslideplate is movable.

3. As a corset attachment, a fabric strip comprising two overlyingparts, bone stiffeners between said parts, lines of sewing at therespective edges of the strip outside of the bone stiffeners, anintermediate or central line of sewing between the bone stiifenersconnecting the parts together and inclosing the bones, convergingoverlying straps connected at their respective ends to the ends of saidstiffened fabric strip, a slide-plate having mortises through which thesaid overlying straps pass and upon which straps said slide-plate ismovable, and said slide-plate having an additional mortise to which thestraps of hosesupporters may be connected.

4. As a corset attachment, a'fabric strip comprising two overlyingparts, bone sti'eners between said parts, lines of sewing at therespective edges of the strip outside of the bone stiffeners, anintermediate or central line of sewing between the bone stifenersconnecting the parts together and inclosing the bones, convergingoverlying straps connected at their respective ends to the ends of saidstiifened fabric strip, a slide plate having mortises through whichstraps the said overlying straps pass and upon which said slide-plate ismovable, said slideplate having an additional mortise along its loweredge and a fabric section connected to said slide-plate at said mortiseand to which fabric section the ends of hose-supporters may beconnected.

5. As a corset attachment, afabric strip comprising two overlying parts,bone stifeners between said parts, lines of sewing at the respectiveedges of the strip outside of the bone stiifeners, an intermediate orcentral line of sewing between the bone stiffeners connecting the partstogether and inclosing the bones, converging overlying straps connectedat their respective ends to the ends of said stifened fabric strip, aslide -plate having mortises through which straps the said overlyingstraps pass and upon which said slide-plate is movable, and fasteningdevices at the respective ends of said stiffening fabric stripconnecting the same to the lower front portion of the corset onefastening device passing through the front steel and the other through asteel at the end of said strip.

6. The combination with a corset, of a fabric strip comprising twooverlying parts connected together and to the fabric body of the corsetby a central and parallel edge lines of sewing forming in and betweensaid parts bonepockets, bone stiffeners received in said pockets and therespective ends of said fabric strip overturned, fastening devicessecuring the respective ends of the fabric strip to the inner IIO IIS

surface of the corset at the lower front portion, one fastening' devicepassing through a front steel and the other fastening' device through anadjacent steelat the end thereof, converging overlying straps connectedat their respective ends to the ends of said stiilened fabric strip, aslide plate having mortises through which straps the said overlyingstraps pass and upon which said slide-plate is movable, said slide-platehaving an additional mortise along its lower edge to which fabric may beconnected for the hose -supporters, said parts being' duplicated uponeach half of the corset.

7. As a corset attachment, a stilfened fabric strip, comprising twooverlying parts and means for connecting said parts together` therespective ends of said stitfened fabric strip being overturned at aninclination, converging overlying straps connected at their ends to theends of the said stifcned fabric strip, and a slide plate havingmortises therein through which the parts of the converging overlyingstraps pass.

Signed by me this 26th day of June, 1903.

DANIEL KOPS.

l/Vitnesses:

Gmo. T. PINCKNEY, S. T. HAVILAND.

